how to extract values b/w two delimiters

tsaravanan · #1 (**permalink**) 09-16-2008

Hi,

Please help me to extrat values b/w two delimiters.

$ echo $abc
[%12345%]

i want to extract the value 12345 b/w %.

Franklin52 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-16-2008

Some possibilities:

Code:

echo "$abc" | awk -F"%" '{print $2}'

ghostdog74 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-16-2008

Code:

var="[%12345%]"
IFS="%"
set -- $var
echo $2

era · #4 (**permalink**) 09-16-2008

Or if the text is in a file,

Code:

sed -n 's/.*\[%\(.*\)%\].*/\1/p' file

lramirev · #5 (**permalink**) 09-16-2008

You can use "tr" too.

Code:

echo "$abc" | tr -d "[%]"

tsaravanan · #6 (**permalink**) 09-16-2008

Hi all,

Thanks all. it working fine.

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